Fresh-work cigar-bunch machine



March 24, 1925. v 1,531,028

R. E. RUNDELL FRESH WORK CIGAR BUNCH MACHINE Filed Jan. 24, 1922 35heets-Sheet 1 March *24, 1925; 1,531,028

: R. E. RU NDELL FRESH WORK CIGAR BUNCH MACHINE Filed Jan. 24, 1922 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 v I NVE1VTOR 2 0% f AM: V %W TTUR 1V5 Y bunch rolling means.

Patented Mar. 24, 1925.

i ntzs uniiriin STATES PATENT or nice- RUPERT is. Bennett or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, assienoe To INTERNATIONAL CIGAR MACHINERY COMPANY, A CORPORATIONDF new JERSEY.

FRESH-Worm clean-BUNCH MACHINE "hp' ilica tion filedJanilary 24, 1922. seiial No. 53 5332;-

To all whom- 'it may clam/m n:

Be it knoWntha'tI, RUPERT RUN mLL, a citizenoi thellniteitl- States, residing at Brooklyn, county o t 'Kings', and "State of New York, have -'invent-ecl 'a new 1v and "useful Improvement in Fresh-Work Cigar-Bunch Machines, oi whic'h the follm'vinp,- is a specification; I

This invention relates to an improvement in fresh Workcigar' bunch machines.

In making certain kinds of fresh Work cigar bunches it is desirable that the long filler tobacco be broken "and assembled by hand into chargeseach containing sntficient filler ateviaiflm *form a single-dig r bunch, and that charges so made be automatically delivered to bunch rolling ine'ans, or first to a charge tiimmingmeans and thereafter to the present invention is the production of a device adapted to simultaneously advance a series of se'parateci charges of long filler material, and means for successively transferring said charges to a charge trimming means, to bunch rolling means, "or first to charge trimming! means and their'to bunch rollingmeans. With this and othe1; ob ects not specifically mentioned in View, the invention consists in certain constructions and combinations ivhich wil'l be hereinafter fully described and then specifically set to-rth in the claims herennton-ppeiiided.

in the accompanying; drawings, which form a part of this specification and in which like characters of reference indicate the same or like parts, Fig. 1 is a sideelevation, partlybrok'en awayand partly in section, of a device constructed in accordance With'the invention; Fig.2 is a plan view,

partly broken away, of thepstructure shown in 1; Fig. 3 is a detail elevation of a somewhat enlarged scale, of the, rake mechanism, illustrated in 1 2; Fig. 4 is a view similarto Figig3, shoivinth'e parts in different position; Fig. 5 is a fragmentary elevation apart of the mechanism shown in Fig; 1, "but illustrated on a somewhat larger scale; Fig; 6 is a detaihperspective vieiv on an 'enlarg ed scale of t e of the charge holders "orclip's; and Fig. 7 is a detail'view on an enlarged scaleof the clutch centrolling' the movement of thekcharge advaiicing means.

In carrying the invention into effect. there is provided means if)! siniiitaneousiy ad The main object of vancing-a-seri'es ofse'pai ated charges of long filler iormedby hand and manually placed the'charge is'enclosed in a binder to form a conipletec'l bunch, and means for successively transferring said charges i'rcmthe advanc- -1I1gI1'lBtLDS to the bunch r'olhng means.

In the best constructions, there is also provided charges first to the trimming means and thereafter 'to the bunch rolling means. In

charge holders. All of v ces and parts 'may be 1 construction Within the The invention therefore "is not to be restricted to the precise-details of the structure shown and described.

the best constructions also, there ispro-vided a plurality of laterally separated series of charge holdersarranged in tandem, and the transferring means successively engages the charges between t the above meanr Widely variedj scope of the cli; ins for the device selected to illiistrat'e the invention is but one of many possible concreteembodiments of the same.

Reiterring to the drawings, 8 indicates the-j main frame of a fresh Work cigar machine in which thepresent invention is adapted for use, and 9 represents one of the cam shafts "of said machine. The machine in eludes bunch rolling mechanism comprisin5;; a

Chianti belt mechanism, not shown, for en closing a charge in a Wrapper, and also in chides a transporting device marked 10 WvlHCh siiccessively receives charges from a suitable feeding mechanism and delivers them to Chianti belt mechanism, the transferringdevicelt) being also the filler charging element of' bunch rolling means,

and the Chianti'belt mechanism being the rolling element of "the same. The machine further includesftrimming mechanism comprising a pa r "of serrated knives 11, carried it) abar 12 su orted on arms 13 which arms are secured to the upper 'ends of reciproeating ets 14;, the movement of the posts be.

ing controlled bycam actuated mechanism,

not shovvn. All of the mechanisi'i'i so far described is old and WelljknoWn in the art, and

since a detailed description of the same is iiniiecesary to a full understanding of the present invention; it is omitted in the interq re y ei d le' pn s a f.

Ashereinbefore indicatedJhe present inbearings 21.

show the sprockets over which they run.

Each chain runs over a sprocket 16 mounted on a shaft 17, supported in brackets 18,

screwed to the mainframe 8 before referred to. Each chain also runs over a sprocket 19, mounted on a shaft 20, carried in. adjustable Each chain also runs .over a larger sprocket 22, fast on-a 'shaft 23 extending across the machine and carrying a disc 24 having four notches 25 inits periphery. At the proper time in the machine cycle of operation, one of-the notches 25 is engaged by a pawl 26 carried on a stud 27 fast in a gear 28 and held to its duty by meansof a spring 29. The pawl 26 is provided with a pin 30 which at the proper time engages a fixed cam 31 bolted to a bracket 32 which supports the extreme end of the shaft 23 before referred to, and is itself supported by the main frame 8. Tl1e gear 28 is in mesh with and is driven by a gear 33, mounted on a shaft 34, extending across the ma chine and, carrying a sprocket 35 over which runs a chain 36, also running over a sprocket 37, fast to the shaft 9 before referred to. By means of the mechanism just described, an intermittent advancing movement of the chains 1.5 is produced. Each chain carries charge holders in the form of clips 38, the charge holders being thus arranged in a plurality of laterally separated series. Overlying the receiving end of the advancing means is a sheetmetal hood or guard 39, the function of which is to prevent the charge holders, as they come up over the sprockets 19, from injuring the feeder. The feeder breaks up filler material by hand into individual charges and. successively places them in the charge holders as the chains intermittently advance the latter.

The-charge holders carry the separated i charges to a position which falls short of that of the trimming knives 11 before referred to, and means areprovided for successively transferring said charges to said charge trimming .means. As shown, this transferring means is in the form of a rake mechanism including a bar 40 extending across the machine, its opposite ends being supported in the upper ends of floating 1evers 41, one of either side .of the machine.

The lower end of each floating lever 41 is pivoted to an arm 42, fast on a shaft 43, ex-

tending across the machine. The shaft 43 carries a cam arm 44 provided with a bowl 615, tracking in the cam groove 46 of a cam drum 47, fast of the shaft 9 before referred to. The bar 40 carries a series of doublepronged rake members48 which operate between charge holders 38, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. By means of the mechanism just described, the bar 10 carrying the rake members as is lowered to cause the pronged rake members to engage the charges,'and is raised to free them therefrom. I

To give the rake members their charge transferring movement, each of the floating levers 41 is connected by means of a link 49 to an arm'50, fast on a shaft 51, extending across the machine below the shaft 43, and upon this shaft 51 is fast a cam arm 52, carrying a bowl 53, tracking in acam. groove 54, in the cam 47 before referred to.

Immediately under the trimming knives 11 is a table 55, over which the charges are advanced by the rake mechanism. This table has two apertures 56, and working in these apertures are two stop .pins 57, each carried on an arm 58, fast on a short shaft 59, which also carries a trip-pawl of well known construction. This trip-pawl 60 is engaged and operated by a block 61 on the bar 40 when the latter moves forward, as shown in Fig.3, to rock the shaft 59 and pull the stop pins 57 down through the apertures 56, leaving the charge-previously stopped-by said pins-free to be advanced.

The position of the rake mechanism when it begins its transferring movement is shown in Fig. 1. At this time, a charge is held against the stop'pins' 57 bymeans of a presser-foot 62 ofwell known construction, and'it is in this position that the charge is trimmed by the serrating knives 11 before referred to. In Fig. 3, the rake mechanism is shown in position where it has not only engaged the charge in the leading holders, but has rocked the stop pins 57 out of the way and also engaged the trimmed charge. In Fig. 4:, the rake is shown in position where the trimmed charge has just entered the transferring device 10 of the bunch rolling mechanism, but where the untrimmed charge, advanced by its rearward prong, has not yet reached trimmingposition against the stop pins 57, though the latter have been snapped back to normal position by means of the disengagement .of the bar 40 from the trip-pawl 60 and the action of the pawl spring 63.

In Fig. 5, therake mechanism is shown at the When a trimmed charge and a following a I untrnnined charge have been thus advanced to the position shown. in Fig. 5, the bar 40 is raised and given a rearward movement by means of the cam 47. During its movementthe bar a0 is steadied by means of an arm 64: fast thereupon, and carrying a bowl 65, tracking in a groove formed in a bracket 66, mounted upon the main frame.

By an inspection of Fig. 1, it will be noted that the movement of the charges is in a right line throughout; and in view of the foregoing, a detailed description of the operation of the device is deemed unnecessary and is therefore omitted in the interest of brevity.

What is claimed is: I

1. In a fresh work cigar bunch machine, the combination with means for simultaneously advancing a series of separated charges of long filler, of transporting means, and means for successively transferring said charges to said transporting; means.

2. In a fresh work cigar bunch machine, the combination with means for simultaneously advancing a series of separated charges of long filler, of charge trimming means, transporting means, and means for successively transferring said charges to said charge trimming means and thereafter to said transporting means.

In a fresh work cigar hunch machine, the combination with :a series of charge holders arranged in tandem, of means for simultaneously advancing said holders, transporting means, and means for successively transferring the charges to said trans porting means.

4. In a fresh work cigar bunch machine, the combination with a plurality of laterally separated series of charge holders arranged in tandem, of means for simultaneously advancing said holders, transporting means, and means for successively transferring the charges to said transporting means.

In a fresh work cigar bunch machine, the combination with a plurality of laterally separated series of charge holders arranged in tandem, of a plurality of chains each carrying one of said series of holders, means for simultaneously moving said chains to advance said holders, transporting means, and means for successively transferring the charges to said transporting means.

6. In a fresh work cigar bunch machine, the combination with a plurality of laterally separated series of charge holders arranged in tandem, of a l'ilurality of chains each carrying one of said series of holders, gearing ing said chains to advance said holders,

transporting means, andmeans for succes sively transferring the charges to said transporting means.

7. In a fresh work cigar bunch machine, the combination with means for simultaneously advancing a series of separated charges of long filler in aright line, of transporting means, and means for successively transferring said charges still in said right line to said transporting means.

5;. In a fresh work cigar bunch machine, the combination with. means for simultaneously advancing a series of separated charges of long filler in a right line, of charge trimming means, transporting means, and means for successively transferring said charges still in said right line to said charge trimming means and thereafter still in said right line to said transporting means.

9. In a fresh work cigar bunch machine, the combination with means for simultaneously advancing a series of 'separated charges of long filler, of transporting means, and a rake mechanism for successively transferring said charges to said transporting means.

10. In a fresh work cigar bunch machine, the combination with a plurality of laterally separated series of charge holders arranged in tandem, of a plurality of chains each carrying one of said series of holders, gearing for simultaneously and intermittently moving said chains to advance said holders, transporting means, and a rake mechanism for successively engaging the charges between said series of holders and transferring them to said transporting means.

11. In a fresh work cigar bunch machine, the combination with a plurality of laterally separated series of charge holders arranged in tandem, of a plurality of chains each carrying one of saidseries of holders, gearing for simultaneously and intermittently moving said chains to advance said holders in a right line, charge trimming means, trans porting means, and a double-acting rake mechanism for successively engaging the charge between said series of holders and transferring them still insaid right line to said charge trimming means and thereafter still in said right line to said transporting means.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

RUPERT E. RUNDELL. 

